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Those Tales Less Told
Had another one of those moments where I was looking for one thing and stumbled across another story to good not to tell. I have...
David Grassé
Jun 32 min read
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Building Tucson
My manuscript about the red-light districts of Tucson is now with McFarland and is being processed. Expect it to be released toward the...
David Grassé
May 213 min read
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Who Would You Like to Meet?
My article on the hanging of George Smiley was published in the latest issue of The Journal of the Wild West History Association . The...
David Grassé
Mar 213 min read
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My Next Book
McFarland Publishing has accepted my latest manuscript. tentatively titled That Ill-Starred Street: A History of Tucson's Red Light...
David Grassé
Feb 162 min read
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Thoughts on Legitimacy
Not long ago, I submitted a article to an academic journal which had previously published my work. My submission was rejected. However, I...
David Grassé
Jan 263 min read
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Ghosts
I am a ghost hunter. I write about ghosts. Not like those fools who write books about supernatural entities which allegedly inhabit old...
David Grassé
Nov 26, 20243 min read
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Red lights and Rabbit Holes
Of late, I have been working on a history of Tucson's redlight districts, Maiden Lane (1865 - 1892) and Gay Alley (1893 - 1916). Though...
David Grassé
Oct 15, 20244 min read
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Projects
My publisher, McFarland, has given me a date for the release of From The Footlights to The Tenderloin: The Tragic Life of Edna Loftus. It...
David Grassé
Jun 25, 20242 min read
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Gila County Histories
A while back, I was hosting tours of the Payson Pioneer Cemetery (not ghost tours, mind you), giving people histories about some of the...
David Grassé
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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Updates
'evening all, I have news. First, my book about the actress Edna Loftus will be published in June of this year. It is available for...
David Grassé
Feb 6, 20242 min read
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Response to a Review
In truth I rarely read reviews on Amazon, but I was informed there was any exceptionally bad one - one star - so I went into look at it....
David Grassé
Oct 9, 20231 min read
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More Tall Tales
A friend of mine sent me a YouTube video about an actress named Kitty Leroy, who was murdered by her husband in Deadwood in 1878....
David Grassé
Sep 8, 20233 min read
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Progress?
Returned from Paris two weeks ago with a head cold. I am not complaining, just sharing. This was my first trip out of the country. That...
David Grassé
Dec 11, 20223 min read
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Updates
It has been awhile. Here is the latest from the writing desk: Last week, I submitted my manuscript entitles (tentatively) "Let's Go Rob a...
David Grassé
Jun 15, 20222 min read
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Research Issues
Among the projects I am currently working on is a biography of the Edwardian-era English actress Edna Loftus. It is a bit of departure...
David Grassé
Feb 9, 20222 min read
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Something New
Of late, I have been busy with two projects. The first is my manuscript entitled (tentatively) "Let's Go Rob a Train" A History of Train...
David Grassé
Dec 21, 20213 min read
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Volunteerism in Arizona
I have just finished Doing What the Day Brought: An Oral History of Arizona Women, compiled by Mary Logan Rothchild and Pamela Claire...
David Grassé
Aug 15, 20213 min read
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Something Different
Though most my previous books and articles have been about lawmen and outlaws and the justice system (if one can call it that) in the...
David Grassé
Jul 21, 20212 min read
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Overlooked
I started researching the Arizona Territorial Prison in Yuma, while writing a story about the so-called Gates Riot (actually an attempted...
David Grassé
May 31, 20211 min read
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"Keeping History Alive..."
Earlier today, April 14th, 2021, the Hashknife Pony Express came riding into Payson to deliver the mail, just as they do every year...
David Grassé
Apr 14, 20214 min read
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